Respect Quote by Carter G. Woodson

“Americans are generally incapable of perceiving class differences among blacks and are quick to ascribe antisocial underclass behavior to all African Americans.”

— Leon Dash

“He remembers that with each modest advance the white population promptly raises the argument that the Negro has come far enough. Each step forward…

— Martin Luther King Jr

“may be well to repeat here the saying that old men talk of what they have done, young men of what they are doing,…

— Carter G. Woodson

“African-Americans are just as likely to harbor racist attitudes as white people.”

— Ben Carson

“The so-called education of Negro college graduates leads them to throw away opportunities which they have and to go in quest of those which…

— Carter G. Woodson

“But despite the scarcity of confrontation with whites in our neighborhood, race and racism permeated every aspect of our lives. Our parents taught us…

— Junius Williams

“It's very difficult not to come across as a white supremacist when there are so many black inferiorists around.”

— David Bullard

“We cannot afford to lose the Negro. We have urgent need of all and more. Let us therefore turn our efforts to making the…

— Andrew Carnegie

“But the truth is that what so often passes for American history is really a record of white priorities or conquests set down as…

— Michael Eric Dyson

“I know some first-class Negroes. I also know some second-rate white people.”

— Lesley Kagen

“I can tell you how exceptionally easy it is to be ignorant of the racial forces that have shaped my life and views, and…

— Debby Irving

“The history of whiteness in America is one long scroll of affirmative action.”

— Michael Eric Dyson